Spring 2014 Prospective Majors Forum in
\nPhilosophy and Religion<\/p>\n
Thursday, February 13, 2014
\n4:30-6:00 p.m.
\nMcClain Hall 208<\/p>\n
The Most Human Thing We Do: Religion and the Need to Create<\/strong><\/p>\n While religion is most often associated with otherworldly beings, transcendent realms, and our disposition after death, there are many reasons to believe that, in fact, the quintessential aspects of religion are the exact activities and experiences we seek out as a meaning-making and symbol-making species, especially as seen in forms of play, such as art and games.\u00a0 Is there something religious in our need to create?\u00a0 Is there something creative in our need for religion?\u00a0 This talk will explore what it means if the answers to those questions are “yes.”<\/p>\n By Dr. Dereck Daschke Spring 2014 Prospective Majors Forum in Philosophy and Religion Thursday, February 13, 2014 4:30-6:00 p.m. McClain Hall 208 The Most Human Thing We Do: Religion and the Need to Create While religion is most often associated with otherworldly beings, transcendent realms, and our disposition after death, there are many reasons to believe that, in fact, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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